WILLIAM PALMER IS UNITED STATES SECRET SERVICE AGENT

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00149R000600180018-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 19, 1999
• Sequence Number: 18
• Publication Date: February 14, 1965
• Content Type: MISC

Foreign Documents Division
FOIAb3b FOIAb3bSP -- 831
HR Minggu, Djakarta, 14 Feb 65
WILLIAM PALMER IS UNITED STATES SECRET SERVICE AGENT
Involved in Counterrevolutionary and Anti-Sukarno Activities
The periodical Mainstream, Vol III, No 20, Saturday, 16 January
1965, contains an article which details the subversive activities
which have been carried out by William Palmer, a United States citizen
who lives in Indonesia and is the head of AMPAI (American Motion
Picture Association of Indonesia). AMPAI is.'an import company which
has long brought imperialist films into Indonesia, particularly US
imperialist films.
Mainstream, which is published in New Delhi, describes William
Palmer's true position in Indonesia as an agent of the Secret Service
of the US imperialist government. It also comments on the connection
between William Palmer and the US ambassador in Indonesia, Howard
Johns (Howard Jones, Ed), who is also said to be a CIA agent in
Indonesia. While carrying out his duties William Palmer has
involved himself in a series of counterrevolutionary incidents and
activities that have occurred in Indonesia. He also has been involved
in anti-Sukarno incidents and activities.
The article in Mainstream describes the activities carried out
by William Palmer in perms ng his subversive assignments. It
explains that through William Palmer the US Government has given
subsidies and other financial assistance to organizations and parties
which it can use to further its interests in Indonesia.
In carrying out his assignment in Indonesia, William Palmer
maintains close contact with a number of newspapers and periodicals
and with various journalists and heads of publishing. houses. William
Palmer also tries to create discord in the ranks of the Indonesian
Army and he is searching for a means to form a pro-US cabinet in
Indonesia.
The article says that one of the reasons for Allen Dulles'
visit to Indonesia on 26 September 1956 was to check on the work
of William Palmer. It adds that during this visit Dulles held a
meeting with William Palmer in Palmer's own house at Puntjak.
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